Onkyo TX-SR600 score

halo71

So my wife's boss, who has more money than he knows what to do with, wanted me to come help him hook up a DVD player at his house. He knows I am some what of a gear hound. And tells me that he has a receiver I can have for helping him. Says it is "too complicated" for him. He only listens to 2 channel music and prefers his old Pioneer receiver and Bozak speakers.

Well I spend all of 15 minutes correctly hooking everything up at his house today. And he gives me this AVR. I am kinda stoked because I was looking for something to decode DTS. Not high end by many heres standards but I am not complaining.

Clipdat

Can't beat free! Not too shabby for 15 mins of work!

scottyboy76

Very high end free, glad to see a great guy prosper.

cnh

Those 600 series are a bread and butter model for Onkyo. Always have been. And the earlier models seem to be a little "warmer" sounding than the latest ones. While that is only a 6.1 AVR with no HDMIs, it does have 5.1 analog inputs so if you have a blu-ray that decodes and outputs analog multi-channel you're in business (Dolby HD and HD DTS).

I've always liked Onkyo AVRs. Own two at the moment. My bedroom TX-SR 604 and the main HT TX-SR 805 (Polk speakers all the way around). I actually like my 2.1 TX-SR 604 32" HDTV mini HT bedroom set up quite a bit (lots of power). Heck, it even sounds good with "music" (Two RTi-4s and a 100 watt 8" sub).

Have fun!

cnh

Serendipity

Congrats!

I've owned a TX-SR500, TX-SR702, TX-NR609, TX-SR806 and the older models definitely sounded warmer than the newer ones. You have a great receiver there, it will do both movies and music with ease.

Enjoy!

SugarmillMan

Serendipity wrote: »

Congrats!

I've owned a TX-SR500, TX-SR702, TX-NR609, TX-SR806 and the older models definitely sounded warmer than the newer ones. You have a great receiver there, it will do both movies and music with ease.

Enjoy!

I am currently using a new Onkyo TX-NR3010 which replaced a slightly older TX-NR3008. Before those, I had a TX-NR 717. I can say that without a doubt, the higher the model level, the warmer the sound (for music). No big surprise there. So if you want warmer sound, save a little longer.

Serendipity

SugarmillMan wrote: »

I am currently using a new Onkyo TX-NR3010 which replaced a slightly older TX-NR3008. Before those, I had a TX-NR 717. I can say that without a doubt, the higher the model level, the warmer the sound (for music). No big surprise there. So if you want warmer sound, save a little longer.

I went from an Onkyo TX-SR500 to a TX-SR702 to a TX-NR609 to a TX-SR806 and finally a Denon AVR-5800. Guess which one sounds the best for music? Once you get past the $3-4k mark, sound quality on music improves significantly.

halo71

Thanks guys! I have not had the chance to hook it up yet. I am a little scared it won't have enough balls to drive my Infinity RSIIIa's though. The receiver has no preouts sadly.

Serendipity

You should be fine. If you want preouts, unfortunately, you'll have to step up to the 70x series.